Francisco de Coronado
By: by R. Conrad Stein.
Series: The World's great explorers
Publisher: Childrens Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Coronado, Francisco Vásquez de, 1510-1554 -- Juvenile literature.; Coronado, Francisco Vásquez de, 1510-1554.; Explorers -- America -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Explorers -- Spain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Explorers.; Southwest, New -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish -- Juvenile literature.; Southwest, New -- Discovery and exploration.; America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish.
Description: Describes Coronado's explorations in the southwestern United States in the 1540s, an expedition which revealed for the first time to Europeans the Grand Canyon, the Painted Desert, the Great Plains, herds of buffalo, stark deserts, snow-capped mountain peaks--yet never the gold the Spaniards so avidly desired.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 124) and index.